Admission

The Office of Admission at the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance has two goals:

to provide every prospective student with the best possible information to support an informed decision whether to apply

to administer an admission process that invites and selects the most qualified of applicants for admission

You may request a brochure, campus visit or ask any specific questions using the “Request information” option.

Application Deadlines

The graduate admission committee will not review partially completed applications. Review of completed applications will occur as follows:

Early decision (fall): November 3, 2014

January 12, 2015

February 9, 2015 (final deadline for all international students)

March 9, 2015

Scholarships

The admission committee will include determination of merit-based scholarship awards as part of the admission decision. No additional application or information is required.

Prerequisites and expectations of the successful applicant:

Academic: This is designed to be a rigorous and intense one-year academic experience. As such, graduate coursework is built upon a foundation of the following undergraduate courses:

Statistics

Corporate finance

Intermediate macroeconomics

Intermediate microeconomics

Students who have not completed these courses upon submission of their application may be admitted conditional upon successful completion of the coursework prior to the start of classes in August.

Experience: While full-time work experience is not expected, applicants are expected to demonstrate a passion and basic understanding of the financial marketplace through internships and/or involvement with financial organizations.

Quantitative skills: Finance is an inherently quantitative discipline. While statistics is the only academic prerequisite, each successful applicant will demonstrate mastery of quantitative skills through coursework, experience and standardized test results. Scores of less than 90% on either the GMAT or GRE offer the admission committee cause for concern.

Language skills: Exceptional written and oral communication skills are required of leaders in the financial industry and are expected of successful applicants to this program. All students offered admission will demonstrate mastery of verbal skills through coursework, experience, standardized test scores, and an alumni interview arranged by the admission committee for all applicants being considered for an offer of admission. International students must achieve comparable success on the TOEFL (or IELTS) unless the majority of their highly successful undergraduate coursework was completed in English.

Admission Update- as March approaches

It is that time of year again - when excitement steadily builds through the end of winter and the start of spring. Having conquered coursework, networking trips, intramural sports and a host of developmental and social events in the fall, the current class is fully engaged in completion of the spring semester with a focus on the great professional experiences that await them after graduation in May (and maybe spring break next month).

In the meantime, the Admission office is enjoying the pending conclusion of new application reviews. As we approach the final application submission deadline of March 9th (domestic applicants only), we could not be happier with the students admitted and committed to enrolling this coming August 13th. We especially look forward to welcoming members of the new class to the Claremont McKenna College campus for Preview Day on April 3rd.

This office will continue to review applications submitted after March 9th on a rolling basis following review of all applications that have met the deadline. Given that we anticipate very few if any seats to remain available, such applications should include an explanation of the exceptional circumstances that have delayed submission and you are encouraged to communicate as soon as possible with our office.